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CultureTrack: Dear Prudence | Artist: Siouxsie And The Banshees | Album: Dear Prudence (single)
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 3, 2020 -
Kotaku EastSouth KoreaArtist Quits Game Industry For Tattooing
For two decades, the artist known as Maggi has worked in South Korea’s game industry as an illustrator and art director. Now, she finally quit her day job and is focusing on her new love: tattoos. Previously, Maggi worked at IMC Games on titles like Tree of Savior and Granado Espada Three days ago, tipster…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 3, 2020 -
ReviewsMultiplatformGranblue Fantasy Versus: The Kotaku Review
It seems like everything is getting a fighting game adaptation these days. Dragon Ball Z, RWBY, Power Rangers, League of Legends, you name it. Granblue Fantasy, one of many mobile role-playing gacha games that asks players to spend real money on virtual slot machines, is the latest to jump aboard the train. While I have…
By Ian Walker Published March 2, 2020 -
UncategorizedRise Of Skywalker Is Slightly Improved As A 16-Bit Side-Scroller
This fantastic, 10-minute video by Mr Sunday Movies takes the end of Rise of Skywalker and turns it into something that looks like it came from Lucasarts’ Super Star Wars series on the SNES. I dig it! The whole thing works much better if you imagine it’s the plotline to some 90s expanded universe baloney…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 2, 2020 -
OpinionImpressionsGame Jam Combines Fishing And Horror Genres To Great Effect
Video game curators Horror You Haven’t Played recently tasked the independent development community on itch.io to create horror games with fishing as the unifying theme. This call to action produced seven games of varying lengths and styles, all of which do an excellent job of adding a sinister edge to life below the waterline. Fishing…
By Ian Walker Published March 2, 2020 -
UncategorizedBaby Yoda Mod Is Here To Wreck Shit In Battlefront II
Starting life as a joke before becoming a very serious, actual thing, nanobuds’ addition of Baby Yoda to the Battlefront II roster is a wonderful new way to spice up your Star Wars shootouts. Maybe addition is the wrong word, since this actually replaces BB-8 rather than adding an entirely new character, but the effect…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 2, 2020 -
Tips & GuidesTips For Playing Iris and the Giant
Last week, the roguelite card game Iris and the Giant came out on PC and Mac. In it, you control Iris as she climbs through various floors of an underworld inspired by Greek mythology. Soon enough, it becomes clear that this underworld is a creation of Iris’ imagination, and is in fact a metaphor for…
By Ari Notis Published March 2, 2020 -
OpinionImpressionsBroken Lines Is A Tactical Breath Of Fresh Air
You think you’ve played one turn-based tactics game you’re played them all. Then along comes Broken Lines to remind us all that, hey, there are more ways to put a group of units into combat that simply lining up to take turns. Set in an alternate, BPRD-meets-Dirty–Dozen take on the Second World War, Broken Lines…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 2, 2020 -
CultureHow Speedrunners Can Now Beat Ocarina of Time In Under Eight Minutes
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, one of the most beloved games of all time, has always had a devoted community of speedrunners—people who try to complete the game as quickly as humanly possible. Ocarina of Time, released in 1998 for the Nintendo 64, usually takes around 20-30 hours to finish. Using bugs and…
By Heather Alexandra Published March 2, 2020 -
CultureI Like One Of Xbox’s Two New Controller Colors
Look at this beautiful piece of gaming equipment. Microsoft calls it Phantom Magenta, but we’re calling it “purple.” Not the Atomic Purple of Nintendo fame, but a richer, more mature hue. I want to uncork it and drink deeply from it’s hand oil-caked reservoirs. It’s up for preorder today, along with a white camouflage number…
By Mike Fahey Published March 2, 2020 -
CultureOutriders Is Like Destiny Mixed With Heart Of Darkness
Outriders’ art makes it seem like a grittier rip-off of Destiny, but having played the game for a couple hours, it feels more like Gears of War mixed with Mass Effect. It occasionally reminded me of a James Cameron sizzle reel: the bucolic paradise of Avatar giving way to the bloody horror of Aliens occasionally…
By Ethan Gach Published March 2, 2020 -
UncategorizedThe Division 2‘s Warlords of New York Expansion Is Live Now
The big new expansion for The Division 2, titled Warlords of New York, was supposed to go live on Tuesday, March 3. But Ubisoft jumped the gun, it seems, because it’s currently live and playable right now on consoles as well as PC. Last month, players were treated to a brief two-mission jaunt set in…
By Ari Notis Published March 2, 2020 -
UncategorizedThe PC version of Hideo Kojima’s incredibly fancy walking simulator Death Stranding comes to Steam, Epic Games Store, and retail on June 2. Along with cool PC-only features like ultrawide support (*faints*), the game will include crossover content with Half-Life, including a wearable head crab.
By Mike Fahey Published March 2, 2020 -
Tips & GuidesToday is your last chance to grab a digital download of Tom Clancy’s The Division 2 for $3. For the next 18 hours, Ubisoft’s third-person shooter is available at a steep discount on the PlayStation Store, Xbox Live, Ubisoft’s UPlay, and the Epic Games Store. Tomorrow’s upcoming expansion, Warlords of New York, is not included.…
By Ari Notis Published March 2, 2020 -
UncategorizedThe $500 Metal NES Is Back For One More Run
The fanciest way to play original Nintendo Entertainment System and Famicom cartridges. With Super Nintendo and Sega Genesis retro consoles under its belt and a Game Boy on the way, retro console masters Analogue are bringing back their original $500 metal NES masterpiece for one more run with the NT Mini Noir edition. When Analogue…
By Mike Fahey Published March 2, 2020 -
CultureMarvel’s Next Mobile Game Is An All-Star Open-World RPG
Revealed during the “Marvel Mystery Panel” at PAX East Sunday afternoon, Marvel Future Revolution is an open-world role-playing game featuring iconic characters in all sorts of funky outfits. Easy, Marvel and Netmarble, some of us still haven’t gotten over the death of Marvel Heroes. Marvel Future Revolution is the follow-up to Netmarble’s successful action RPG…
By Mike Fahey Published March 2, 2020 -
CultureTrack: Ikkyu-san | Artist: Wednesday Campanella | Album: Superman
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 2, 2020
